Jharkhand Population - Census India 2011

Jharkhand is one of state in India with population of 3,29,88,134. There are 24 districts, 259 Taluks, 32,394 villages and 229 towns in Jharkhand.

As per the Census India 2011, Jharkhand has 62,54,781 households, population of 3,29,88,134 of which 1,69,30,315 are males and 1,60,57,819 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 53,89,495 which is 16.34% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Jharkhand state is around 948 compared to 943 which is national average of India. The literacy rate of Jharkhand state is 55.56% out of which 64.28% males are literate and 46.37% females are literate. The total area of Jharkhand is 79,716 sq.km with population density of 414 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 75.95% of population lives in Urban area and 24.05% lives in Rural area. There are 12.08% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 26.21% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Jharkhand.

Jharkhand Religion Population

Description

Population

Percentage

Total

3,29,88,134

100%

Hindu

2,23,76,051

67.83%

Muslim

47,93,994

14.53%

Other religions and persuasions

42,35,786

12.84%

Christian

14,18,608

4.3%

Sikh

71,422

0.22%

Religion not stated

68,343

0.21%

Jain

14,974

0.05%

Buddhist

8,956

0.03%

Jharkhand Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area